Car-coupling



(No Model.)

' B. HOWELL.

OAR COUPLING.

No. 420,700. Patented Peb.4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENNING ROWELL, OF LAFAYETTE, OHIPPEWVA COUNTY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOGUSTAVE J. LANGE, OF CHIPPEVVA FALLS, WVISCONSIN.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,700, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed December '7, 1889. Serial No. 332,948- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENNING RowELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Lafayette, in the countyof'Chippewa and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Couplings, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and practicalcar-coupling which shall enable the cars to be coupled or uncoupledeasily and quickly without the necessity of going between the cars.

It consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, whichI will first fully describe with reference to the drawings, and thenpoint out in the. claims.-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the coupling applied to a car, andFig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the draw-bar.

In the drawings, A represents the draw-bar of the car, which is providedwith a springseated slide-block a in its throat and a coupling-pin 1).Block a has on its under side shoulders 01, afiwhich prevent the blockfrom mashing the spring H, and also prevent the block from coming out.This coupling-pin is connected at its upper end to the forward end of alever B, which is arranged longitudinally above the draw-bar and isfulcrumed at or near its middle to a metal strap 0, surrounding thedraw-bar.

D is a transverse rock-shaft journaled in bearings in the end of the carand having its middle portion bent into a loop or double crank c, whichrests beneath the lever B just back of the coupling-pin. The end of therook-shaft outside the car terminates in a crank-arm G which isconnected by a chain C with a lever C pivoted at its lower end to theside of the car and extending vertically to the top of a box-car, andguided in its movement by a strap or keeper Z. To the front end of leverB there is also attached the lower horizontal arm of an elbow-lever E,fulorumed to the end of the car, so as to work in a plane parallel withthe endof the car.

The operation of my improved car-coupling is as follows: In setting thecoupling the pin is raised from either side or the top of the car untilthe sliding spring-seated block in the draw-bar moves forward and restsbeneath the pin. This pin is raised from one side of the car by theelbow-lever E, from the other side of the car by the arm of therockshaft, and from the top of the car by the lever 0 which latter,operating through the chain 0 on the rook-shaft, turns the latter, andby raising its middle cranked portion c lifts the lever B, and with itthe pin. Now when the link of another car enters the drawbar it forcesback the sliding block and the pin drops through and couples the link.To uncouple the cars, the pin is raised in a similar manner, and thesliding block moves forward beneath the pin and throws out the link,thus securing the automatic coupling or uncoupling of the car in asimple, practical,-

and safe manner withouttrouble or danger to the train-hands.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is c 1. The combination,with the draw-bar andits coupling-pin, of a lever B, fulcrumed longitudinally above the drawbar and connected to its coupling-pin, a rock-shaft O, with bent portion0 arranged transversely to the car, with its middle crank portionresting beneath the outer end of lever B, and having a crank-arm at itsouter end for working it, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination, with the draw-bar having a spring-seated slide inits throat and a coupling-pin in its outer end, of the lever B, arrangedlongitudinally above the draw-bar and having its forward end connectedto the pin, the transverse rock-shaft C, with crank portion 0 restingbeneath the lever B, and an arm on its outer end, a chain connected tosaid arm, and a vertical lever connected to the chain and extending tothe top of the car, substantially. as shown and described.

3. The'combination of the draw-bar having a spring-seated slide in itsthroat and a coupling-pin in its outer end, the lever B,

fulcrumed longitudinally above the draw-bar and connected to thecoupling-pin, the elbowlever E, fulcrulned to the end of the car to Workparallel with said end and connected to the lever B, the transverserock-shaft 0, having the crank portion 0 beneath lever B, and an arm atits end, a chain connected to said arm, and a lever connected to thechain and extending to the top of the car, substantially as shown anddescribed.

BENNING HOWELL. Witnesses:

J 0s. F. CUDDY, II. P. MARVINS.

